Locomotive ash-pan.



L. c. MOONEY. 110001101 1112 ASH'PAN, APPLIQATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1910.

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LOGOMOTIVE ASH-PAN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE C. MOONEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LocomotiveAsh-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in ashpans for locomotives and dumping devices therefor, and the invention'hasfor its primary object a simple construction of hopper bottom slidecontrolled dumping ash pan, the parts of which may be easily made andassembled and the slides thereof easily controlled.

The invention also has for an object an .improved ash pan of this typewhich will effectually fulfil all of the requirements of the existinglaws relative to the regulation and maintenance of devices of thischaracter, which, in its use, will not present an element of danger tothe road in that all liability of burning the ties of bridges, trestlework and other ties, will be precluded, and which will promote thethermal efficiency of the locomotive boiler furnaces by its capabilityof ease of operation and its property of discharging the ashes over arelatively large superficial area.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a locomotive ash pan embodying theimprovements of my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively,longitudinal and transverse sectional views through one of the hoppers;Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the hoppers and operating mechanism; Figs.5 and 6 are detail perspective views of the parts of the operatingmechanism; and, Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a handle that maybe employed to manually actuate the discharge slides.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The main upper or body portion of an ash Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed September 13, 1910.

solid Patented Apr. 18, 1911. Serial No. 581,893.

pan equipped with the improved features of my present invention may beof any desired construction, type, or design, the one in the presentinstance being shown as embodying the usual front and rear chambers, andbeing preferably constructed of sheet metal, riveted or otherwisesecured at the seams or edges and supported from the engine framework inany desired way, said body'portion, designated A, being provided withany desired number of screened openings 13, the screens being preferablysecurely held in place by marginal binding strips which not only serveas retaining devices for the screened panels or openings, but also serveto strengthen the sides of the pan.

My invention resides, essentially, in the bottom portion of the pan andembodies front and rear hoppers 1, each of which is preferably a singlesolid casting with up wardly flared side walls fitting over the bottomdischarge ends of the front and rear chambers of the body portion A.Each hopper is secured to the body portion by rivets, as shown, therebeing two rows of these fastening devices in the present instance,namely, a top row and a bottom row, as clearly illustrated in thedrawing. Each of these hoppers 1 is formed at its lower edge with anoutstanding marginal flange 2 designed to directly support guide bars 3secured to the flanges by bolts 4 or the like, as shown, and these guidebars are recessed in their inner sides, as indicated at 5, so as to formchannels for the preferably cast iron slides 6, which worklongitudinally therein and control the bottom discharge openings throughthe respective hoppers 1.

Each of these two slides-6 is formed, preferably at about its middle,with a depending transversely apertured lug 7, and said lugs aredesigned to fit down into longitudinal slots 8 that are formed in theopposite ends of a longitudinally extending connecting rod 9. The lugsmay be secured to the rod in any desired way, as by bolts 10 passedthrough the apertures of the lugs 7 and through corresponding aperturesin the slotted portion of the rod, the bolts being held in place bycotter pins, or otherwise.

At its rear end, the connecting rod 9 is formed with a horizontallydisposed rearwardly projecting apertured lug 11 which is designed to fitin the forked end 12 of a link 13, a bolt 14% or other fastening devicesbeing slipped down through the lug l1 and through apertures formed inthe fork 12. The rear end of the link 13 is alsoforked, as indicated at15, and'receives the apertured end of an actuating lever 16. A bolt, asshown, connects the forward end of this lever with the forked end 15with the link 18, the link thereby pivotally connecting the lever withthe rod 9.

The lever 16- is fulcrumed intermediate ofitsends in. the forked lowerend 17 ofa hanger lswhich is riveted'or otherwise secured to-the engineframework and extends downwardly therefrom, and the rear end oftheilever l6iis preferablytapered, as indicatedgat 16, whereby, ifit bedesired to 0peratethe slide by hand, the socketed end 19 ofa handle 20may be slipped over this taperedend of the; lever to rock the latter.Preferably, the apparatusis controlled by fluid pressure, such assteamer airand-to this endl provide an opera-ting cylinder. 21 providedat opposite ends with ports to which piping 22-is connected, said pipingleading to, a,three-way valve (not shown) located in the engine cab. Itis, of course, to be understood that there is apiston within thecylinder, 21, andthat by allowing the fluid to flow to, one end of thecylinderor to the other, the piston may be moved in one direction orthereverse and said piston is connected.;to a rod whichhas a knuckle jointconnection23 with a forked link 24 pivotally connected to the obliquelyextending actuatinglever 16 forward of the fulcrum point ofthe lever, asclearly illustrated in Big. 4. Hence by admitting the fluidinto one endof the cylinder, the lever 16 may be rocked in one direction to open thebottoms of the discharge hoppers 1, andby permit-- ting the fluid toflow into the other end of the cylinder, the lever 16 may be rocked inthe opposite direction to work the slides in a direction to close thedischarge openings of the hoppers.

From the foregoing description in connection; with the accompanyingdrawings, the operation of my invention will be apparent. In thepractical use of the apparatus, the operator, within the cab, maycontrol the movements ofthe slides 6 and easilyopen the bottomdischarge. openings of the hoppers 1, the entire hoppers being open soas to equally discharge the ashesover a relatively large area, the ashesbeing thereby spreadout and theliability of burning the ties beingthereby reduced to a minimum.

Obviously, the device may be very easily controlled by fluid pressure,as above indicated, or if desired, should for any reasonfiuid pressuresupply become exhausted or the fiuid pressure apparatus becomeinoperative for any reason, the handle 20 may be applied to therearwardly projecting end of the lever 16 andothe ash pan dumpedlbyhand.

It is to be particularly. noted that: in my construction of: ashpan, asingle connecting bar is employed for the slides, the draft or pull ofsaid bar, beingonthe exact median on center line oftheslides andthBxCOIlHGC- tion between said bar and the slides being, comprised in asinglelug 7 foreach, slide mounted in an elongated slot in theconnecting rod witha single, connecting pin 10, the slots of the rod 9,as best seen in Fig. 3, being slightly wider than the lugs 7, by whichentire arrangement-the-slides are permitted to adjust themselves in thechannels of the guide bars 3, all binding or sticking being therebyeffectually prevented.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In alocomotive aslrpan of the character described, the combination with, thebody portion ofthe pan, of'discharge hoppers embodying solid integralcastings securedto the body, portion and providedwith longitudinallyextending guide channels, slides mounted for movement in said channels,

each ofsaid slides being formed midway'betweenits side edges wlthalongitudinally disposed and downwardly,pro ect1ng lug, a

single connecting rod formed at each end with avertically.openinglongitudinally eX- tending slot in which; the lugs arereceived, bolts connecting't-he respective lugs in their slots, theslots being slightly wider} than the lugs, and means for imparting alongitudinal movement to the single connecting rod, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I afli'X my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

LAlVRENCE O. MOONEY. [11; s]

Witnesses R. S. HARRIS, E. H. LINES.

Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D.:G.

